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METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARIES 

 for 1888, 1889, and 1890. 



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In November, 1888, the death of Mr. Lancelot Turtle, J.P., of 

 Aghalee, brought to a termination the valuable meteorological 

 summaries which for many years he had annually contributed 

 to the Proceedings of the Club, and which were much appre- 

 ciated by the members. 



We have pleasure in now being in a position to supply this 

 deficiency. Through the kindness of the Council of Queen's 

 College, Belfast, access has been granted to the records kept at 

 that institution, and we publish with this number meteorological 

 summaries for the three years that have elapsed since the 

 appearance of the last of Mr. Turtle's reports. The nature of 

 the information in the following pages will be found to vary 

 somewhat from that supplied by Mr. Turtle. This is the result 

 of differences in the nature of the observations taken, but while 

 some records formerly published do not now appear, additional 

 information on other points is, on the other hand, now included 

 in the summaries. 



The station at which the records are made is situated in the 

 Lagan Valley, at an elevation of about sixty feet above mean 

 sea level. The Belfast hills, which attain a maximum elevation 

 of 1,567 feet, lie to the west and north, stretching in a N.E. 

 and S.W. line, and passing within three miles of the Observa- 

 tory. Southward and eastward stretch the low undulating 

 lands of Co. Down. Lough Neagh is situated some 14 miles 

 to the westward. Belfast Lough approaches to within two 

 miles on the N.E., and the open sea lies some 16 miles east of 

 the observing station. 



